Numerical modelling of historical landslide-generated tsunamis in the French Lesser Antilles

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1281-1292

  Poisson, B ^a   Pedreros, R ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDE; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; TSUNAMI EVENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WAVE HEIGHT;

LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; MARTINIQUE; MONTSERRAT; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

EID: 77953825644     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-1281-2010     Document Type: Article

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